Title
Quality deterioration of self-phase modulated Gaussian beams
Abbreviated Journal Title
Laser Phys. Lett.
Keywords
beam quality; M2; self-phase modulation; aberration; Kerr nonlinearity; super-Gaussian; LASER-BEAMS; OPTICAL-SYSTEMS; PROPAGATION; MOMENTS; Optics; Physics, Applied
Abstract
The beam quality parameter M-x(2) for self-phase modulated Gaussian and super-Gaussian beams has been calculated analytically. These results can be used for experimental measurements of nonlinearities in optical materials. A super-Gaussian beam with a size comparable to a Gaussian one demonstrates much more stable behavior with propagation through Kerr media. The deteriorated beam quality parameter has also been calculated analytically in the case of higher order localized radial phase modes. The presented analysis of beam quality degradation due to localized phase aberrations is more efficient than the standard one based on polynomial aperture aberrations.
Journal Title
Laser Physics Letters
Volume
12
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
6
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1612-2011
Recommended Citation
"Quality deterioration of self-phase modulated Gaussian beams" (2015). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6709.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6709
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